KR20060107366A - Shutter and small articles storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

(Problem) It is possible to maintain the slide characteristics of the shutter well regardless of the curvature of the bent portion constituting the guide groove.

(Solution means) A cover body having a curved thin plate portion formed between the aggregates 3 arranged side by side in the slide direction and the aggregates 3 in a state covering the outer surfaces of the aggregates 3 and 3A. (4), the protrusions 5 disposed on both sides of the aggregate 3 are formed at both edges of the opening of the storage-side accommodating portion 10, and have curved portions 5a on the shutter storage side. In the shutter 2 that is fitted into the guide groove 5 and slides along the guide groove, the width of the thin plate portion 4b on the end side of at least the opposite side of the lead end of the shutter 2 among the thin plate portions. It is characterized by forming the dimension L2 longer than other thin plate portions 4a to bend easily.

Description

SHUTTER AND SMALL ARTICLES STORAGE DEVICE}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The top view of the accessory storage device which applied the shutter which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 1, (a) shows a closed state of the shutter and (b) shows an open state of the shutter.

3A and 3B are top and side views showing the shutter as a single object

4 (a) and 4 (b) are enlarged views schematically showing part A and part B of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the main parts of the shutter according to the second embodiment of the present invention in correspondence with FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view showing main parts of a shutter according to a third embodiment of the present invention in correspondence with FIG. 4. FIG.

7 is a view showing the main parts of the accessory storage device disclosed in Patent Document 1;

8 is a view illustrating main parts of shutters disclosed in Patent Document 2;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1-Small storage box 10-Storage compartment

11-enclosure for shutter 2-shutter

3,3A-Aggregate 3a-End

6-wall 4-cladding

4a, 4b-Thin Plate 4c, 4d-Thin Plate

5-protrusion 5a-vertical

5b-level 7-handle

15-guide groove 15a-bends

(Patent Document 1) JP 9-193952 A

(Patent Document 2) Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-90186

The present invention relates to a shutter formed to bend in the slide direction and a small storage device using the shutter.

7 shows the accessory storage device disclosed in Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG. The accessory storage device 120 has a shutter 110 that slides along guide grooves 122 formed at both edges of the opening 121. As shown in a partial enlarged view in FIG. 7, the shutter 110 includes a plurality of aggregates (rods) 112 arranged at intervals in the slide direction and aggregates 112 in a state of covering the outer surface of the aggregate 112. ) Is formed of a covering (buffer sheet) 114 which forms the bent thin plate portion 14a between the sheets, and a decorative film 116 attached to the outer surface of the covering 114. Reference numeral 113 is a handle formed on the lead end side.

Both ends of the shutter 110 are fitted into the guide grooves 122 of the accessory storage device 120, and are opened by using the handle 113 in a closed state in which the opening 121 is closed. Slides to the lower left. In addition, the guide groove 122 generally has a curved portion 122a for sliding the shutter 110 to a place where it is not obstructed by the accessory storage device 120. Therefore, the shutter 110 is bent by the thin plate portion 114a to conform to the curvature of the curved portion 122a. However, the closer the curvature of the curved portion 122a is to a small circle, the greater the resistance during the slide operation. Manipulation power is required. As the above countermeasure, it is also possible to make the thin plate portion 114a thinner to bend, for example, but if it is too thin, the rigidity cannot be maintained.

8 has shown the thing of patent document 2 which the inventors of this application developed previously. The shutter shown in FIG. 8 integrally forms a main body 211 that is bent in the slide direction through the thin plate portion 212 and a plurality of protrusions 213 formed on both sides of the main body 211. The main body 211 is formed of a plurality of aggregates (hard resin portions) disposed at intervals in the sliding direction and a thin plate portion 212 formed between the aggregates while covering the outer surface of the aggregates (soft). Resin part). The protruding portion 213 has a substantially L shape and is displaced downward with respect to the main body 11 by a length corresponding to the vertical portion 213a in the L shape. The horizontal portion 213b in the L shape is a portion fitted to the guide groove 206. The horizontal portions 213b are provided with abutting portions 215 and 216 on their upper and lower surfaces. The contact part 215 is formed in the dome shape on the upper surface arrange | positioned at the outer side so that elastic deformation is possible. The contact part 216 is formed in circular arc shape at the lower surface arrange | positioned inside.

In the above structure, since the relative positional relationship between the main body 211 and the protruding portion 213, that is, the protruding portion 213 is positioned below the side of the main body 211, the curved portion of the guide groove 206 Even if the curvature of the curved portion of the guide groove 206 is close to a small circle by shifting the bending line R2 of the main body 211 when bending at the upper side or the outer side from the groove width of the guide groove 206 by the step The slide characteristics can be maintained well. This is, for example, by making the bending line R2 of the main body 211 larger than the bending line R1 drawn by the protrusions 13, so that the protrusion 213 reacts at the time of bending deformation of the main body 211. Because it becomes difficult to receive.

Although the structure of the patent document 1 can improve the slide characteristic of a shutter as it is, when a curved part of a guide groove becomes a curvature near a small circular shape as shown in FIG. 2 to which this invention was applied, it slides a shutter to a closing direction. When the slide resistance is increased, a large operating force is required. Such a problem impairs the convenience of use of the accessory storage device itself and impairs reliability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its object is to maintain the rigidity of the entire shutter with respect to the downward load in particular by a relatively simple configuration, and irrespective of the curvature of the curved portion constituting the guide groove. The slide characteristics of the shutter can be maintained satisfactorily, thereby improving the convenience and reliability of use.

Each invention according to Claims 1 and 2 for achieving the above object comprises a plurality of aggregates arranged at intervals in the slide direction and a thin plate portion for bending between aggregates in a state of covering the outer surface of the aggregates. A projection formed on both sides of the aggregate, the protrusions being formed at both edges of the opening of the housing-side receiving portion, and fitted into a guide groove having a bent portion on the shutter housing side to slide along the guide groove. The shutter is targeted.

The main part of the invention according to claim 1 has a width dimension of the thin plate portion on the terminal end side that is at least opposite to the lead end of the shutter, among other thin plate portions (this represents a thin plate portion other than the thin plate portion on the end side side). It is long, and it forms easily to bend, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. The main part of this invention of Claim 2 is thinner than the thin plate part (it shows thin plate parts other than the thin plate part of a terminal side side) among the said thin plate parts at least the thickness dimension of the thin plate part of the terminal side side which is the opposite side of the drawing-out end of the said shutter. To bend easily.

On the other hand, the invention described in claim 3 specifies a material and a shape, wherein the aggregate is made of a hard resin, and the coating member is made of a soft resin to form a flat surface on which an outer surface can be decorated.

In addition, the invention as set forth in claim 4 specifies a use, and includes a storage unit and a shutter for opening and closing the opening of the storage unit, wherein the storage unit is formed at both edges of the opening and is provided at the shutter storage side. In addition to having a guide groove having a curved portion, the shutter according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is slidably fitted to the guide groove.

Each of the above inventions, when the guide groove on the storage device side has a curved portion on the side where the shutter is stored, the shutter is formed to be longer or thinner than the other thin plate portions to bend the thin plate portion on the end side, which is the opposite side of the lead end, In particular, the present inventors have found and completed that the slide operation can be performed with a smaller operating force than the conventional operating force, particularly when the shutter is operated from the closed state to the open state.

This phenomenon is remarkable in that the curved portion of the guide groove has a relatively small circular shape as illustrated in FIG. 2, and when all thin plate portions are made long or thin, the rigidity of the shutter cannot be maintained, but the thin plate on the end side It is excellent in that it can be carried out while minimizing the reduction in rigidity of the shutter because the portion (for example, one thin plate portion at the end portion or two adjacent thin plate portions at the end portion) is lengthened or thinned. Do.

Embodiment of the Invention

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described with reference to an accompanying drawing.

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment, and FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment. In the following description, after the characteristics of the invention are clarified by the first embodiment, changes of the second embodiment and the third embodiment are referred to.

(1st embodiment)

1 is a top view of the accessory storage device to which the shutter of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1, (a) shows a closed state of the shutter, and (b) shows an open state of the shutter. (A), (b) is a top view and a side view which show the said shutter as a single object. 4A and 4B are enlarged views schematically showing portions A and B of FIG. 3.

The accessory storage device 1 shown in the drawing integrates an accommodating portion 10 having an opening opening upward, and an accommodating portion 11 positioned at the rear side of the accommodating portion 10 to attract the shutter 2. To form.

The accommodating portion 10 is partitioned into a rectangular parallelepiped that is long forward and backward by the front wall 13a, the rear wall 13b, both side walls 13c, and the bottom wall 13d. The containment portion 11 is formed by the front wall 14a, the rear wall 14b, and both sidewalls 14c and the bottom wall 14d which are connected to the upper side of both sidewalls 13c, which are formed adjacent to the rear wall 13b. It is partitioned into a rectangular parallelepiped smaller than the housing section 10.

The guide groove 15 is formed in the state which opposing each other in the upper end side inner surface of both side wall 13c and both side wall 14C. Both guide grooves 15 are substantially 'c' shaped in cross section, and extend substantially in a straight line from the sidewall 13c to the middle of the sidewall 14c, and are substantially swirled downward in the middle of the sidewall 14c. It has the curved part 15a formed in substantially circular shape. At the end of the curved portion 15a, a small projection 16a protruding into the groove from the side of the groove and a locking portion 16b positioned inside the small projection 16a to close the groove are formed.

On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 3, the shutter 2 includes a plurality of substantially flat-shaped aggregates 3 arranged side by side in the slide direction, and the first aggregates 3 and 2 from the front side (drawer end side). 3A of aggregates formed in the state connected between the 1st aggregate 3, and the thin plate parts 4a and 4b for bending between aggregates 3 in the state which covered the outer surface of each aggregate 3 and 3A. ) And a projection 5 formed on both sides of the aggregate 3. Reference numeral 7 is a handle. The handle 7 is formed in a state in which the mouth wall 6 formed so as to stand on the upper surface of the aggregate 3A is covered by a corresponding portion of the cover member 4 which is a soft resin.

In addition, the shutter 2 is molded by a two-color molding method similarly to Patent Document 2, and is a hard resin part such as ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene polymer) in which aggregates 3 and 3A are formed in primary molding, The covering 4 is a soft resin part such as a polyester elastomer or a polypropylene elastomer formed in the secondary molding.

Here, the protrusion 5 is substantially L-shaped, and is displaced downward with respect to the flat plate of the coating body 4 by the length corresponding to the vertical part 5a in an L-shape. The horizontal portion 5b in the L-shape is a portion to be fitted into the guide groove 15, and similarly to the configuration shown in FIG. 8, the lower side is formed in an arc shape on the end portion 3a side of the aggregate 3, The upper side is formed in dome shape by soft resin.

In addition, the space | interval of aggregate 3, ie, the width dimension of thin plate part 4a, 4b, is set as shown to FIG. 4 (a), (b). That is, in this embodiment, the width dimension L2 of the 1st and 2nd thin plate parts 4b is the width dimension of the thin plate part 4a other than this from the terminal part which is at least the opposite side of the extraction end part of the shutter 2. Longer than L1) (in this case, the width dimension L2 varies depending on the thickness dimension of the thin plate portion and the degree of elasticity, but preferably at least about 1.3 times longer than the width dimension L1). It is easy to bend and deform by one length. In addition, in this embodiment, the thin plate part 4a and the thin plate part 4b are set to substantially the same thickness dimension T1.

(work)

The shutter 2 constructed as described above is assembled with each protrusion 5 fitted to the guide groove 15 of the accessory storage device 1, and the opening of the housing 10 is closed in FIG. 2. In the closed state of (a) using the handle (7) is to slide to the open state of Figure 2 (b). Also, the shutter 2 elastically rides over the small protrusion 16a formed in the curved portion 15a of the guide groove 15 from the end portion just before reaching the open state. After that, it is caught by the engaging portion 16b.

Here, the slide operation in the above-described structure, even if the curved portion 15a of the guide groove 15 is curved in a substantially small circular shape, first and second from the end of the shutter 2 as compared with the conventional products The width dimension L2 of the 1st thin plate part 4b (this point may lengthen only the 1st thin plate part 4b from the end part of the shutter 2) is made longer than the other thin plate part 4a, and is terminated. Since the side is easily bent and deformed, the slide can be operated with a small operating force.

Such a structure does not impair the rigidity of the shutter 2, and especially when sliding the shutter 2 from the closed state to the open state, the end side thereof is easily bent and deformed so that the frictional resistance at the time of passing through the curved portion 15a. By greatly reducing the size, the slide operation can be performed with a smaller operation force than the conventional operation force, and the ease of use can be improved by reducing the slide operation force.

In addition, in such a structure, similarly to patent document 2, the protrusion part 5 is arrange | positioned with the step by the length corresponded to the vertical part 5a in an L shape with respect to the flat plate of the coating body 4, Also, smooth slide characteristics are realized. This point is the same also in the following 2nd Embodiment and 3rd Embodiment.

Moreover, in such a structure, as shown by the dashed-dotted line in FIG. 2, the upper part of the rear part of the storage part 11 in the accessory storage apparatus 1 corresponds to the cover material 9 or the board | plate material corresponding to this cover material 9 Since it is covered by the back and the like so that a load is not applied to the end side of the shutter 2, even if the thin plate portion 4b is made longer than other thin plate portions 4a or thinner as in the second embodiment to bend, it is rigid. It does not cause the problem by degradation.

(2nd embodiment)

In this embodiment, as shown to Fig.5 (a), (b), the thickness dimension T2 of the 1st and 2nd thin-plate part 4c from the terminal end which is the opposite side of the drawing end part of the shutter 2 at least. Is thinner than the thickness dimension T1 of the thin plate portion 4a other than this (in this case, the thickness dimension T2 differs depending on the width dimension and the degree of elasticity of the thin plate portion, but at least 2/3 of the thickness dimension T1. It is preferable to set to the following thickness), and it is easy to bend and deform by the thickness which thinned. In addition, in this embodiment, the thin plate part 4a and the thin plate part 4c are set to substantially the same width dimension L1.

Also in the slide operation of the present embodiment, the thickness dimension T2 of the first and second thin plate portions 4c from the end of the shutter 2 is the same as in the case of the first embodiment. Since only the first thin plate portion 4c may be made thinner from the end of the shutter 2 than the other thin plate portion 4a, the end portion is easily bent and deformed, so that the slide can be operated with a small operating force. have. Even in this structure, the rigidity of the shutter 2 is not impaired, and in particular, when sliding the shutter 2 from the closed state to the open state, the slide operation can be performed with a smaller operating force than the conventional operating force.

(Third embodiment)

In this embodiment, as shown to (a) and (b) of FIG. 6, the thickness dimension T3 of the 1st and 2nd thin-plate part 4d from the terminal end which is the opposite side of the drawing end part of the shutter 2 at least. Is thinner than the thickness dimension T1 of the thin plate portion 4a other than this (for example, about 2/3 of the thickness), and the width dimension of the first and second thin plate portions 4d from the terminal portion ( L3) is formed longer than the width dimension L1 of the thin plate portion 4a other than this (for example, about 1.3 times the length), and has a rigidity that withstands the load applied from the upper side to the shutter 2. It is easy to bend and deform by the thickness and length which were made thin and length while maintaining.

As mentioned above, the main part of this invention may be any of 3rd embodiment from 1st embodiment. In addition, the present invention can be modified in various forms with reference to Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, and the like, for example, in the form of a storage device except for the requirements specified in the claims.

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, the operation force at the time of sliding of the shutter can be improved simply by making the width dimension of the thin plate portion at the end of the thin plate portion constituting the shutter longer than other thin plate portions. This makes it possible to alleviate the sliding characteristics of the shutter, thereby improving the convenience of use.

In addition, according to the invention of claim 2, the thickness of the thin plate portion at the end of the thin plate portion constituting the shutter is made thinner than other thin plate portions so as to be easy to bend, thereby reducing the operation force during sliding of the shutter. This makes it possible to improve the sliding characteristics of the shutter and thereby improve the convenience of use.

Moreover, according to invention of Claim 3, since the surface of a coating body is planar, for example, it is possible to print a wood grain pattern etc. favorably or to stick a decorative film to it. That is, in this structure, since the slide sliding force of the shutter can be alleviated in Claims 1 and 2, a flat cover which is relatively hard to bend can be employed, whereby through the V-shaped notch as illustrated in FIG. Compared with the structure to be bent, the surface treatment is difficult to cause distortion or distortion of the printing (decoration), so that the appearance characteristics can be easily maintained.

According to the invention as set forth in claim 4, the accessory storage device can be provided with an excellent sliding characteristic of the shutter, whereby the convenience and reliability of use of the storage device can be improved.

Claims (4)

Comprising a plurality of aggregates arranged at intervals in the slide direction, and a coating body forming a bent thin plate portion between the aggregates in a state covering the outer surface of the aggregate, the projections are disposed on both sides of the aggregate In the shutter formed at both edges of the opening of the side accommodating portion and fitted into the guide groove having the curved portion on the shutter storing side, the shutter slides along the guide groove, The shutter of the said thin plate part which forms the width dimension of the thin plate part of the end part side which is the opposite side of the drawing end part of the said shutter more easily than other thin plate parts, and is easily formed to bend. Comprising a plurality of aggregates arranged at intervals in the slide direction, and a coating body forming a bent thin plate portion between the aggregates in a state covering the outer surface of the aggregate, the projections are disposed on both sides of the aggregate In the shutter formed at both edges of the opening of the side accommodating portion and fitted into the guide groove having the curved portion on the shutter storing side, the shutter slides along the guide groove, The shutter according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the thin plate portion at the end portion side, which is at least opposite to the lead end of the shutter, is made thinner than other thin plate portions to bend easily. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The shutter is characterized in that the aggregate is made of a hard resin, and the coating member is made of a soft resin to form a flat surface on which an outer surface can be decorated. In the accessory storage device having a storage unit and a shutter for opening and closing the opening of the storage unit, The accommodating portion is formed at both edges of the opening portion, has a guide groove having a curved portion at the shutter storing side, and slides the shutter according to any one of claims 1 to 3 to the guide groove so as to be slidable. Prop storage device, characterized in that.

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